All foster synonyms
fosΒ·ter
F f verb foster
- feed β to give a fee to.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- champion β A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- uphold β to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- harbor β a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- cherish β If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time.
- serve β to act as a servant.
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- nurse β a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- forward β toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- further β at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- nurture β to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- stimulate β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- cultivate β If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- foment β to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
- nourish β to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- favor β something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- oblige β to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- house β a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- shelter β something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- sustain β to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- lodge β Henry Cabot, 1850β1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893β1924.
- rear β the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- take in β the act of taking.
- adopt β If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- encourage β Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- harbour β a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- entertain β Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.
- favour β to regard with favor: to favor an enterprise.
- bring up β When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up.
- take care of β a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
adjective foster
- stand-in β a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- substitute β a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- adoptive β Someone's adoptive family is the family that adopted them.
- temporary β an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- short-term β covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.